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Indigenous
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Viewpoints
The Past, Present, and Future of Public Outdoor Space
Three recent initiatives in Milwaukee, Baltimore, and Los Angeles imagine an equitable future for public space.
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This First Nations Cultural Center Is a Symbol of Community and Sustainability
A multifunctional building for the Doig River people is one of the northern-most passive house–certified buildings in Canada.
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The First Americans Museum Nods to Resilience and Culture Through Design
Behind the 25-year journey of the largest single-building tribal cultural center in the country—and its mission to tell the authentic story of its Indigenous people.
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On the Road or In the Air, Daniel Kaven Sees the Journey as Destination
The Portland architect's new book, Architecture of Normal, explores how transit shapes development in the American West and offers a cautionary tale about the future.
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Two New Residencies Offer Indigenous Voices a Platform for Design Innovation
Architects Chris T. Cornelius and Anjelica Gallegos discuss their experiences as inaugural fellows at two New York–based programs.
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A Pioneering Exhibition Will Showcase Contemporary Indigenous Architecture
Embracing “placeknowing” as a process to understand building and planning, the curators will highlight modern achievements in Pueblo architecture.
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A Global Hub for Inuit Art Avoids Aesthetic Literalism
Michael Maltzan's design for Qaumajuq, the Inuit art center at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, was informed by a research trip to the far north.
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BKSK Architect’s Tammany Hall Restoration Draws on Lenape Symbolism
In a recent restoration project, the Manhattan-based architecture firm inserted a glass dome in the likeness of a tortoise on top of the Union Square building.
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For Thomas Woltz, Soil Is the Most Important Surface There Is
The founding principal of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects discusses how soil can advance both ecological and social justice.
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Joseph Kunkel is Fast-Tracking Quality Housing for Indigenous People
How the founder of MASS's Sustainable Native Communities Design Lab builds back better—against the clock.
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Design of One Canadian Community College Addresses Its Cultural Mission
Perkins and Will incorporates graphics and symbols into a new campus hub to reflect the heritage of indigenous students and staff.
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Can Indigenous Technology Point the Way to a More Sustainable Future?
A new book proposes that traditional ecological knowledge could provide a model for sustainable and resilient infrastructures.
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Brooklyn Museum Presents a “Hemispheric” Survey of Indigenous Responses to Climate Change
Climate in Crisis: Environmental Change in the Indigenous Americas explores how global warming has affected the visual culture of indigenous communities.
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On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Revisiting the Meaning of “Native Architecture”
Chris Cornelius of studio:indigenous speaks with Metropolis about (de)colonization in the practice, education, and experience of architecture.
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Pacific Northwest Design: How Abundant Natural Beauty And Rich Cultural Exchange Shaped a Region
An ambitious culture of craft and design lies amid the region's internationally successful creators of computer code and yoga pants.
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The Untapped Promise of Arctic Urbanism
The cities of the Canadian Arctic are contending with decades-old planning mistakes that ignored indigenous settlement patterns and knowledge.
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What Indigenous Architecture Can Teach Us About Incorporating Nature
Indigenous architecture provides some important lessons in building with nature rather than against it.
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Places that Work: National Museum of the American Indian
The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is a place that works because it attempts to reflect the cultures of those who first inhabited the Western Hemisphere. Located on the National Mall in Washington DC and o